Patricia A. Hintz, Partner

Pat Hintz is a member of the firm’s Business Law Group who practices primarily in the areas of taxation and tax-exempt organizations and counsels clients on a wide variety of federal, state and local tax matters. She has extensive experience representing clients in low-income housing tax credit transactions and has also represented clients in Historic and New Markets Tax Credit transactions.

Pat is licensed as a certified public accountant in Wisconsin, and prior to attending law school, was employed for more than six years as a tax advisor with Deloitte & Touche and PwC. She is a past-Chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin Tax Law section. Her recent experience includes:

• Representation of investors and syndicators in low-income housing tax credit projects.
• Frequent consultation regarding unrelated business income taxation of tax-exempt organizations including reporting of foreign investments and state taxation of unrelated business income.
• Extensive experience with taxation of pass-through entities including S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.
• Planning for state and local excise, franchise, income, and sales and use tax, including nexus determinations and voluntary disclosure agreements.
• Consultation on a variety of employment and income tax issues associated with employee compensation compliance and planning and taxation of employment settlement awards.
• Successful representation of a pro bono client in a trial before the United States Tax Court.
• Administrative and judicial dispute resolution in connection with matters before the Internal Revenue Service, Wisconsin Department of Revenue, and various state and local taxing authorities.
• Applications for private letter rulings at both the federal and state level on a wide range of topics.